U.S. patent application number 15/973456 was filed with the patent office on 2019-10-17 for dynamic adaptation of device interfaces in a voice-based system.
The applicant listed for this patent is Google LLC. Invention is credited to Jian Wei Leong.
Application Number | 20190318450 15/973456 |
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Filed Date | 2019-10-17 |
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United States Patent
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20190318450 |
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Leong; Jian Wei |
October 17, 2019 |
DYNAMIC ADAPTATION OF DEVICE INTERFACES IN A VOICE-BASED SYSTEM
Abstract
Implementations relate to dynamic adaptation of images for
projection by a projector, based on one or more properties of
user(s) that are in an environment with the projector. The
projector can be associated with an automated assistant client of a
client device. In some versions of those implementations, a pose of
a user in the environment is determined and, based on the pose, a
base image for projecting onto a surface is warped to generate a
transformed image. The transformed image, when projected onto a
surface and viewed from the pose of the user, mitigates perceived
differences relative to the base image.
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Leong; Jian Wei; (Mountain
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Google LLC |
Mountain View |
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68162010 |
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15/973456 |
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May 7, 2018 |
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G06T 3/0093 20130101;
G06F 40/40 20200101; G06F 3/167 20130101; G06K 9/00369 20130101;
G06F 40/205 20200101; G06T 3/608 20130101 |
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G06T 3/00 20060101
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Claims
1.-20. (canceled)
21. A system to generate interfaces in an audio-based networked
system, comprising: a computing device comprising one or more
processors and a memory, the one or more processors configured to
execute: a natural language processor to: receive an input audio
signal detected by a sensor at a client device; parse input audio
signal to identify a first request in the input audio signal and a
keyword associated with the first request; a content selector
component to: select a first base digital component based on at
least the first digital component request; select a second base
digital component based on at least the keyword associated with the
first digital component request; and a transformation component to:
determine a distance between the client device and a projection
surface; determine, based on the distance between the client device
and the projection surface, transformation parameters for the first
base digital component and the second base digital component, the
transformation parameters configured to correct a skew of images
projected onto the projection surface; generate a first transformed
image based at least on the transformation parameters and the first
base digital component and a second transformed image based at
least on the transformation parameters and the second digital
component; and transmit the first transformed image and the second
transformed image to the client device for projection onto the
projection surface.
22. The system of claim 21, comprising the transformation component
to: generate a first set of transformation parameters for the first
digital component; and generate a second set of transformation
parameters for the second digital component.
23. The system of claim 21, comprising the transformation component
to: determine a first pose of a first user; and determine the
transformation parameters based on the first pose of the first
user.
24. The system of claim 23, comprising the transformation component
to: determine a second pose of the first user; and determine
updated transformation parameters based on the second pose of the
first user.
25. The system of claim 21, comprising the transformation component
to: determine a first distance between a first user and the
projection surface; and determine the transformation parameters
based on the first distance between the first user and the
projection surface.
26. The system of claim 21, wherein the transformation parameters
comprise at least one of a rotation adjustment, a scale adjustment,
and a skew adjustment.
27. The system of claim 21, comprising the transformation component
to: determine, based on a first pose of the user, a predetermined
size for a projection of the first transformed image; and generate
the transformation parameters based on the predetermined size for
the projection of the first transformed image.
28. The system of claim 21, comprising the content selector
component to: select the first base digital component based on a
first pose of a first user.
29. The system of claim 21, comprising the content selector
component to: select the first base digital component based on the
distance between the client device and the projection surface.
30. The system of claim 21, comprising the transformation component
to: determine a first pose of a first user is within a threshold
distance of the projection surface; and generate the first base
digital component to include one or more interactive interface
elements based on the first pose of the first user being within the
threshold distance.
31. The system of claim 21, comprising: the transformation
component to determine a first pose of a first user and a second
pose of a second user; and the content selector component to select
the first digital component based on the first pose of the first
user and the second digital component based on the second pose of
the second user.
32. A method to generate interfaces in an audio-based networked
system, comprising: receiving, by a natural language processor
executed by one or more processors of a computing device, an input
audio signal detected by a sensor at a client device; parsing, by
the natural language processor, the input audio signal to identify
a first request in the input audio signal and a keyword associated
with the first request; selecting, by a content selector component
of the computing device, a first base digital component based on at
least the first digital component request; selecting, by the
content selector component, a second base digital component based
on at least the keyword associated with the first digital component
request; determining, by a transformation component executed by the
one or more processors of the computing device and based on sensor
data from the client device, a distance between the client device
and a projection surface; determining, by the transformation
component, based on the distance between the client device and the
projection surface, transformation parameters for the first base
digital component and the second base digital component, the
transformation parameters configured to correct a skew of images
projected onto the projection surface; generating, by the
transformation component, a first transformed image based at least
on the transformation parameters and the first base digital
component and a second transformed image based at least on the
transformation parameters and the second digital component; and
transmitting, by the transformation component, the first
transformed image and the second transformed image to the client
device for projection onto the projection surface.
33. The method of claim 32, comprising: generating, by the
transformation component, a first set of transformation parameters
for the first digital component; and generating, by the
transformation component, a second set of transformation parameters
for the second digital component.
34. The method of claim 32, comprising: determining, by the
transformation component, a first pose of a first user; and
determining, by the transformation component, the transformation
parameters based on the first pose of the first user.
35. The method of claim 34, comprising: determining, by the
transformation component, a second pose of the first user; and
determining, by the transformation component, updated
transformation parameters based on the second pose of the first
user.
36. The method of claim 32, comprising: determining, by the
transformation component, a first distance between a first user and
the projection surface; and determining, by the transformation
component, the transformation parameters based on the first
distance between the first user and the projection surface.
37. The method of claim 32, wherein the transformation parameters
comprise at least one of a rotation adjustment, a scale adjustment,
and a skew adjustment.
38. The method of claim 32, further comprising: determining, by the
transformation component and based on a first pose of the user, a
predetermined size for a projection of the first transformed image;
and generating, by the transformation component, the transformation
parameters based on the predetermined size for the projection of
the first transformed image.
39. The method of claim 32, comprising: determining, by the
transformation component, a first pose of a first user is within a
threshold distance of the projection surface; and generating, by
the transformation component, the first base digital component to
include one or more interactive interface elements based on the
first pose of the first user being within the threshold
distance.
40. The method of claim 32, comprising: determining, by the
transformation component, a first pose of a first user and a second
pose of a second user; and selecting, by the content selector
component, the first digital component based on the first pose of
the first user and the second digital component based on the second
pose of the second user.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims the benefit of priority under
35 U.S.C. .sctn. 120 as a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent
application Ser. No. 15/955,297 filed Apr. 17, 2018, which is
incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
BACKGROUND
[0002] An automated assistant (also known as a "personal
assistant", "mobile assistant", etc.) can be interacted with by a
user via a variety of client devices such as projectors, smart
phones, tablet computers, wearable devices, automobile systems,
and/or standalone personal assistant devices. An automated
assistant receives input from the user such as typed input, touch
input, and/or spoken natural language input. The automated
assistant can respond with responsive content such as visual and/or
audible natural language output. An automated assistant interacted
with a client device can be implemented via the client device
itself and/or one or more remote computing devices, such as (but
not limited to) computing device(s) in "the cloud", that are
connected to the client device via a network.
SUMMARY
[0003] This disclosure relates to systems, methods, and apparatus
for dynamic adaptation of images for projection by a projector,
and/or of projection parameters, based on one or more properties of
user(s) that are in an environment with the projector. Typically,
as a user moves within a room, an image projected onto the same
position of a wall will appear, to the user, to change due to the
perspective change of the user based on the user's movement within
the room. In other words, in such a typical situation the image
projected onto the wall will remain the same as the user moves
within the room--but the projected image, as perceived by the user,
will appear to change as the user moves within the room. In
implementations disclosed herein, a base image can be transformed,
in dependence on a pose of a user, to generate a transformed image.
As used herein, a "pose" references a position of a user, and
optionally also an orientation of the user. The transformed image
is different from the base image, but is generated such that when
projected it appears to be substantially similar to the base image,
when viewed from the pose of the user. Stated differently, if
viewed from the same pose, the projected base image and the
projected transformed image would be perceivable as different by
the user. However, if the projected base image were viewed by the
user from a first pose (e.g., "straight on") and the projected
transformed image were viewed by the user from a second pose (e.g.,
at a 70.degree. angle relative to "straight on"), they would be
perceived as the same.
[0004] Accordingly, various implementations disclosed herein can
selectively and dynamically transform base images, in dependence on
a pose of a user. Through the selective and dynamic transformation
of base images, transformed images can selectively be projected in
lieu of their base image counterparts, such that projected images,
when viewed by the user, appear to be substantially similar to
their base image counterparts. It will be understood that some user
poses will require no dynamic transformations, and the base image
itself can be projected to the user. As used herein, a "base image"
references a single image frame and optionally also an image that
is part of a sequence of images that form a video or other dynamic
sequence of images.
[0005] In many implementations, an automated assistant can identify
active user(s) of the automated assistant in determining how to
dynamically transform an image. For example, where multiple users
are present, the automated assistant can identify a subset of those
users as active users, determine at least one pose of the subset,
and transform an image in dependence on the at least one pose of
the subset. Active users can be identified by an automated
assistant in a number of ways including by movement, location,
pose, facial identification, voice identification, and/or gaze. In
some implementations, rooms can contain more than one person and
various numbers of active users. As an illustrative example, a room
can contain one person and no active users, one person and one
active user, several people and one active user, and/or several
people and several active users. The number of active users in a
room can change over time, and a redetermination of active users by
the automated assistant can be used to determine new image
transformation parameters to use in transforming base images for
projection.
[0006] In a variety of implementations, images can be dynamically
transformed (or "warped") by the automated assistant so the image
appears the same as an active user moves within a room. Image
warping can be a linear transformation, and can include a variety
of processes including rotating the image, scaling the image, and
skew adjusting the image. As an illustrative example of image
warping, assume a base image that includes a pair of parallel
lines. If the base image is projected, the lines would appear
parallel to a user that is viewing the projection from a pose that
is perpendicular to (e.g., directly in front of) a surface on which
the projection is provided. However, if the user were instead
viewing the projection of the base image from a non-perpendicular
angle (e.g., from the side), the lines would appear non-parallel.
Generating a transformed image based on warping the base image, and
projecting the transformed image in lieu of the base image, can
lead to the user still perceiving the lines as parallel even when
the user is at a non-perpendicular angle (e.g., from the side). In
other words, the user's perception of the projection of the
transformed image can be more similar to the base image than would
be the user's perception of a projection of the base image
itself.
[0007] In some additional or alternative implementations, a base
image can be generated and/or identified based on a distance of the
user, where the distance of the user is indicative of the distance
between the user and the surface upon which the image is projected
(e.g., the distance can be based on a distance between the user and
the projector, and optionally the distance from the projector to
the surface). For example, interactive user interface (UI) elements
can be included or excluded in a base image depending on the
distance of the user from the projected image. For instance, when a
user is relatively far away from a projection surface (e.g., more
than 5 feet away or other "unreachable" distance), a base image can
be identified or generated that lacks any interactive UI elements.
In contrast, when a user is relatively close to a projection
surface (e.g., within "reach" of the projection surface), a base
image can be identified or generated that includes interactive UI
elements. As another example, a first base image can be identified
or generated when a user is within a first range of distances of
the projection surface, and a second base image can be identified
or generated when the user is instead within a second range of
distances of the projection surface. For instance, in response to a
user's request for "weather", either the first base image or the
second base image can be identified and/or generated for
projection, in dependence on a distance of the user. For instance,
the first range of distances can include farther distances and the
first base image can include less information such as only today's
weather report. In contrast, the second range of distances can
include closer distances and the second base image can include more
information such as today's weather report and the weather report
for one or more additional days. In some implementations, the
projected image can be touch sensitive, giving a user close enough
to touch the projection a modality via which to interact with the
automated assistant (e.g., in addition to voice and/or gesture
modalities).
[0008] Implementations disclosed herein can enhance the usability
of an automated assistant through dynamic adaptation of what
content is projected and/or how it is projected. Such dynamic
adaptations can enable more accurate and/or more comprehendible
representations of projected content from a variety of viewing
poses. Such dynamic adaptations can be of benefit to, for example,
users with low dexterity that may be constrained with respect to
the poses from which they can view projected automated assistant
content. In some additional or alternative implementations,
generating and projecting a transformed image can reduce the
duration of time that it is necessary for a projector to project
the transformed image, thereby conserving power resources that
would otherwise be required to project the transformed image for a
longer duration. For example, when a user views a projected
transformed image, the user can comprehend the information
presented in the image more quickly (i.e., relative to if a base
image were instead projected) and/or is less likely to need to move
to understand the information in the projected image. This enables
the projector to cease projecting of the transformed image more
quickly. The projector can cease projecting of the transformed
image, for example, in response a user command to dismiss the image
(e.g., a command that request additional content that will supplant
the image) or as a time-out after determining the user is no longer
viewing the image. In some additional or alternative
implementations, a cloud-based automated assistant component can
send a base image and the client device can generate
transformation(s) of the base image locally, obviating the need for
further client-cloud-based automated assistant component network
communications to request and transmit transformation(s). This can
efficiently lessen the amount of data exchanged between cloud-based
automated assistant component and the client since the cloud-based
automated assistant component only needs to send a single base
image instead of needing to send multiple image transformations
along with each base image.
[0009] The above description is provided as an overview of some
implementations disclosed herein. Additional description of these
and other implementations is set forth in more detail herein.
[0010] In some implementations, a method is provided and includes
identifying, by an automated assistant client of a computing device
in an environment, a base image for projecting onto a surface via a
projector accessible to the automated assistant client. The method
further includes determining, using sensor data from at least one
sensor, a first pose of a user in the environment. The sensor data
is accessible to the automated assistant client. The method further
includes determining, using the first pose of the user, first image
transformation parameters for warping images. The method further
includes generating a first transformed image that is a
transformation of the base image, and causing the projector to
project the transformed image onto the surface. Generating the
first transformed image includes using the first image
transformation parameters to warp the base image. The first
transformed image, when projected onto the surface and viewed from
the first pose of the user, mitigates perceived differences
relative to the base image. The method further includes
determining, using additional sensor data from the at least one
sensor, a second pose of the user in the environment, where the
second pose of the user indicates the user has moved. The method
further includes determining, using the second pose of the user,
second image transformation parameters for warping images. The
method further includes generating a second transformed image that
is a transformation of the base image or of an additional base
image, and causing the projector to project the second transformed
image onto the surface. Generating the second transformed image
includes using the second transformation parameters to warp the
base image or the additional base image. The second transformed
image, when projected onto the surface and viewed from the second
pose of the user, mitigates perceived differences relative to the
base image or the additional base image.
[0011] These and other implementations of the technology disclosed
herein can include one or more of the following features.
[0012] In some implementations, the base image is received, via a
network interface of the computing device, from a remote automated
assistant component that interfaces with the automated assistant
client.
[0013] In some implementations, the base image is generated by the
automated assistant client based on data received, via a network
interface of the computing device, from a remote automated
assistant component that interfaces with the automated assistant
client.
[0014] In some implementations, the method further includes
determining a distance of the surface to the projector using second
sensor data from a second sensor. The second sensor data is
accessible to the automated assistant client. In some versions of
those implementations, determining the first image transformation
parameters for warping images includes determining the first image
transformation parameters using the first pose of the user and
using the distance of the surface to the projector. In some
additional or alternative version of those implementations,
generating the second transformed image includes using the second
pose of the user and the distance from the surface to the projector
to warp the base image.
[0015] In some implementations, generating the first transformed
image that is the transformation of the base image includes
performing at least one linear transformation on the base image. In
some of those implementations, the at least one linear
transformation is selected from a group consisting of rotation of
the base image, scaling of the base image, and skew adjustment of
the base image.
[0016] In some implementations, the base image has first dimensions
and the first transformed image has the same first dimensions. In
some of those implementations, the base image includes base image
pixels each having corresponding values assigned thereto, and the
transformed image includes transformed image pixels. The
transformed image pixels have the same corresponding values as the
base image pixels, but the assignment of the same corresponding
values to the transformed image pixels differs from the assignment
of the corresponding values to the base image pixels in the base
image. For example, a given transformed image pixel, having a given
X and Y position in the transformed image, can have the same values
as a given base image pixel, of the base image, where the given
base image pixel that has a different X and Y position in the base
image.
[0017] In some implementations, the method further includes
determining, based on the first pose of the user, a desired size
for the projection of the first transformed image. In some of those
implementations, causing the projector to project the first
transformed image onto the surface includes causing the projector
to project the first transformed image to achieve the desired size
for the projection.
[0018] In some implementations, identifying the base image includes
selecting the base image, from a plurality of candidate base
images, based on the first pose of the user. In some of those
implementations, selecting the base image based on the first pose
of the user includes: determining a distance of the user based on
the first pose of the; and selecting the base image based on the
distance corresponding to a distance measure assigned to the base
image. The distance can be, for example, relative to the projector
or relative to the surface.
[0019] In some implementations, the method further includes
generating, by the automated assistant client, the base image based
on the pose of the user. In some of those implementations,
generating the base image based on the pose of the user includes:
determining the pose of the user is within a threshold distance of
the surface; and based on determining the pose of the user is
within the threshold distance of the surface: generating the base
image to include one or more interactive interface elements.
[0020] In some implementations, a method if provided and includes
identifying, by an automated assistant client of a computing
device, a base image for projecting onto a surface via a projector
accessible to the automated assistant client. The method further
includes identifying a plurality of users that are in an
environment with the computing device, and determining, using
sensor data from at least one sensor accessible to the computing
device, that a subset of the users are active users for the
automated assistant client. The method further includes determining
at least one pose for the subset of the users that are determined
to be active users. Determining the at least one pose is based on
the sensor data or additional sensor data from at least one
additional sensor accessible to the computing device. The method
further includes, based on determining that the subset of the user
are active users, using the at least one pose for the subset of the
users in generating a transformed image of the base image. The
method further includes causing the projector to project the
transformed image onto the surface.
[0021] These and other implementations of the technology disclosed
herein can include one or more of the following features.
[0022] In some implementations, the method further includes
determining, using additional sensor data from the at least one
sensor, that a second subset of the users are active users for the
automated assistant client. The additional sensor data is generated
at a time subsequent to the sensor data, and the second subset of
the users varies from the first subset of the users. In those
implementations, the method further includes: determining, based on
the additional sensor data, at least one second pose for the second
subset of the users that are determined to be active user; and
based on determining that the second subset of the user are active
users, using the at least one second pose for the second subset of
the users in generating a second transformed image of the base
image, or of an additional image, using the at least one second
pose. In those implementations, the method further includes causing
the projector to project the second transformed image onto the
surface.
[0023] In some implementations, the method further includes:
determining, based on the sensor data or additional sensor data, a
gaze for the subset of the users that are determined to be active
users; and generating the transformed image using the gaze of the
one or more active users.
[0024] In some implementations, the method further includes:
determining, based on the pose of the subset of the users, a
desired size for the projection of the transformed image. In some
of those implementations, causing the projector to project the
transformed image onto the surface includes causing the projector
to project the first transformed image to achieve the desired size
for the projection.
[0025] In some implementations, a method is provided that includes
identifying, by an automated assistant client of a computing
device, a base image for projecting via a projector accessible to
the automated assistant client. The method further includes
identifying a plurality of users that are in an environment with
the computing device. The method further includes determining,
using sensor data from at least one sensor accessible to the
computing device, that a subset of the users are active users for
the automated assistant client. The method further includes
determining at least one pose for the subset of the users that are
determined to be active users. Determining the at least one pose is
based on the sensor data or additional sensor data from at least
one additional sensor accessible to the computing device. The
method further includes, based on determining that the subset of
the user are active users, using the at least one pose for the
subset of the users in determining one or more projection
parameters for a projection that includes the base image, or a
transformed image that is a transform of the base image. The method
further includes causing the projector to project the projection
using the projector.
[0026] These and other implementations of the technology disclosed
herein can include one or more of the following features.
[0027] In some implementations, the one or more projection
parameters include one or multiple of: a size of the base image or
the transformed image in the projection, a size of the projection,
a location of the base image or the transformed image in the
projection, and a location of the projection.
[0028] According to at least one aspect of the disclosure, a system
to generate interfaces in an audio based networked system can
include a computing device that can include one or more processors
and a memory The one or more processors can be configured to
execute a natural language processor, a content selector component,
and a transformation component. The computing device can receive an
input audio signal that is detected by a sensor at a client device.
The computing device can parse input audio signal to identify a
first request in the input audio signal and a keyword associated
with the first request. The computing device computing device can
select a first base digital component based on at least the first
digital component request. The computing device can select a second
base digital component based on at least the keyword associated
with the first digital component request. The computing device can
determine a distance between the client device and a projection
surface. The computing device can determine, based on the distance
between the client device and the projection surface,
transformation parameters for the first base digital component and
the second base digital component. The transformation parameters
can be configured to correct a skew of images projected onto the
projection surface. The computing device can generate a first
transformed image based at least on the transformation parameters
and the first base digital component and a second transformed image
based at least on the transformation parameters and the second
digital component. The computing device can transmit the first
transformed image and the second transformed image to the client
device for projection onto the projection surface.
[0029] According to at least one aspect of the disclosure, a method
to generate interfaces in an audio-based networked system can
include receiving, by a natural language processor executed by one
or more processors of a computing device, an input audio signal
detected by a sensor at a client device. The method can include
parsing, by the natural language processor, the input audio signal
to identify a first request in the input audio signal and a keyword
associated with the first request. The method can include
selecting, by a content selector component of the computing device,
a first base digital component based on at least the first digital
component request. The method can include selecting, by the content
selector component, a second base digital component based on at
least the keyword associated with the first digital component
request. The method can include determining, by a transformation
component executed by the one or more processors of the computing
device and based on sensor data from the client device, a distance
between the client device and a projection surface. The method can
include determining, by the transformation component, based on the
distance between the client device and the projection surface,
transformation parameters for the first base digital component and
the second base digital component. The transformation parameters
configured to correct a skew of images projected onto the
projection surface. The method can include generating, by the
transformation component, a first transformed image based at least
on the transformation parameters and the first base digital
component and a second transformed image based at least on the
transformation parameters and the second digital component. The
method can include transmitting, by the transformation component,
the first transformed image and the second transformed image to the
client device for projection onto the projection surface.
[0030] Other implementations may include a non-transitory computer
readable storage medium storing instructions executable by one or
more processors (e.g., central processing unit(s) (CPU(s)),
graphics processing unit(s) (GPU(s)), and/or tensor processing
unit(s) (TPU(s)) to perform a method such as one or more of the
methods described above and/or elsewhere herein. Yet other
implementations may include a system of one or more computers
and/or one or more robots that include one or more processors
operable to execute stored instructions to perform a method such as
one or more of the methods described above and/or elsewhere
herein.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0031] FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example
environment in which various implementations can be
implemented.
[0032] FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating an example scene of a user
in a first pose in a room looking at an image projected onto a wall
by a projector using an automated assistant.
[0033] FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating an example scene of a user
in a second pose in a room looking at an image projected at the
same location onto the wall by a projector using an automated
assistant.
[0034] FIG. 2C is a diagram illustrating an example of a projected
image, as perceived by a user from a perspective that is directly
perpendicular to the projected image.
[0035] FIG. 2D illustrates an example of the projected image of
FIG. 2C, but as perceived by a user from a perspective that is not
directly perpendicular to the projected image.
[0036] FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example process
according to implementations disclosed herein.
[0037] FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example process
according to implementations disclosed herein.
[0038] FIGS. 5A, 5B, 5C, and 5D are diagrams illustrating examples
of image processing adjustments.
[0039] FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example process
according to implementations disclosed herein.
[0040] FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example process
according to implementations disclosed herein.
[0041] FIG. 8A is a diagram illustrating an example scene of a user
in a first pose in a room looking at an image projected onto a wall
by a projector using an automated assistant.
[0042] FIG. 8B is a diagram illustrating an example scene of a user
in a second pose in a room looking at an image projected at the
same location onto the wall by a projector.
[0043] FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example process
according to implementations disclosed herein.
[0044] FIG. 10 illustrates a block diagram of an example method to
generate interfaces in an audio-based, networked system according
to implementations disclosed herein.
[0045] FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating an example
architecture of a computing device.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0046] FIG. 1 illustrates an example environment 100 in which
various implementations can be implemented. The example environment
100 includes one or more client devices 102. Each client device 102
may execute a respective instance of an automated assistant client
112. One or more cloud-based automated assistant components 116,
such as natural language processor 122 and digital component
selector 126, may be implemented on one or more computing systems
(collectively referred to as a "cloud" computing system) that are
communicatively coupled with client devices 102 via one or more
local and/or wide area networks 114 (e.g., the internet). The
system 100 can include one or more digital component providers 128
that can provide digital components to the client device 102 via
the cloud-based automated assistant components 116 and networks
114.
[0047] The system 100 can include one or more digital component
providers 128. The digital component providers 128 can provide
audio, visual, or multimedia based digital components (which can
also be referred to as content, images, or base images) for
presentation by the client device 102 or the projector 106 as an
audio and visual based output digital component. The digital
component can be or include other digital components. The digital
component can be or include a digital object. The digital component
can be configured for a parametrically driven text to speech
technique. The digital component can be configured for
text-to-speech (TTS) implementations that convert normal language
text into speech. For example, the digital component can include an
image that is displayed on a projection surface as, via TTS, text
related to the displayed image is presented to the user. The
digital component can be input to an application programming
interface that utilizes a speech-synthesis capability to synthesize
text into natural-sounding speech in a variety of languages,
accents, and voices. The digital component can be coded as plain
text or a speech synthesis markup language (SSML). SSML can include
parameters that can be set to control aspects of speech, such as
pronunciation, volume, pitch, or rate that can form an acoustic
fingerprint or native voice.
[0048] The digital component provider 128 can provide selection
criteria for the digital component, such as a value, keyword,
concept, or other metadata or information to facilitate a content
selection process. The digital component provider 128 can provide
video based digital components (or other digital components) to the
content selector component 126 where they can be stored in a data
repository. The content selector component 126 can select the
digital components from the data repository and provide the
selected digital components to the client device 102.
[0049] The digital component provider 128 can provide the digital
component to the content selector component 126 for storage in the
data repository in a content data structure. The content selector
component 126 can retrieve the digital component responsive to a
request for content from the client device 102 or otherwise
determining to provide the digital component.
[0050] The digital component provider 128 can establish a digital
component campaign (or electronic content campaign). A digital
component campaign can refer to one or more content groups that
correspond to a common theme. A content campaign can include a
hierarchical data structure that includes content groups, digital
component data objects (e.g., digital components or digital
objects), and content selection criteria. To create a digital
component campaign, digital component provider 128 can specify
values for campaign level parameters of the digital component
campaign. The campaign level parameters can include, for example, a
campaign name, a preferred content network for placing digital
component objects, a value of resources to be used for the digital
component campaign, start and end dates for the content campaign, a
duration for the digital component campaign, a schedule for digital
component object placements, language, geographical locations, type
of computing devices on which to provide digital component objects.
In some cases, an impression can refer to when a digital component
object is fetched from its source and is countable. Due to the
possibility of click fraud, robotic activity can be filtered and
excluded, as an impression. Thus, an impression can refer to a
measurement of responses from a Web server to a page request from a
browser, which is filtered from robotic activity and error codes,
and is recorded at a point as close as possible to opportunity to
render the digital component object for display on the computing
device 104. In some cases, an impression can refer to a viewable or
audible impression; e.g., the digital component object or digital
component is at least partially (e.g., 20%, 30%, 30%, 40%, 50%,
60%, 70%, or more) viewable on a display device of the client
device 102, or audible via a speaker of the client device 102. A
click or selection can refer to a user interaction with the digital
component object, such as a voice response to an audible
impression, a mouse-click, touch interaction, gesture, shake, audio
interaction, or keyboard click. A conversion can refer to a user
taking a desired action with respect to the digital component
objection; e.g., purchasing a product or service, completing a
survey, visiting a physical store corresponding to the digital
component, or completing an electronic transaction.
[0051] The digital component provider 128 can establish one or more
content groups for a digital component campaign. A content group
includes one or more digital component objects and corresponding
content selection criteria, such as keywords, words, terms,
phrases, geographic locations, type of computing device, time of
day, interest, topic, or vertical. Content groups under the same
content campaign can share the same campaign level parameters, but
may have tailored specifications for content group level
parameters, such as keywords, negative keywords (e.g., that block
placement of the digital component in the presence of the negative
keyword on main content), or parameters associated with the content
campaign.
[0052] To create a new content group, the digital component
provider 128 can provide values for the content group level
parameters of the content group. The content group level parameters
include, for example, a content group name or content group theme,
and bids for different content placement opportunities (e.g.,
automatic placement or managed placement) or outcomes (e.g.,
clicks, impressions, or conversions). A content group name or
content group theme can be one or more terms that the digital
component provider 128 can use to capture a topic or subject matter
for which digital component objects of the content group is to be
selected for display. For example, a food and beverage company can
create a different content group for each brand of food or beverage
it carries, and may further create a different content group for
each model of vehicle it carries. Examples of the content group
themes that the food and beverage company can use include, for
example, "Brand A cola", "Brand B ginger ale," "Brand C orange
juice," "Brand D sports drink," or "Brand E purified water." An
example content campaign theme can be "soda" and include content
groups for both "Brand A cola" and "Brand B ginger ale", for
example. The digital component (or digital component object or
digital component) can include "Brand A", "Brand B", "Brand C",
"Brand D" or "Brand E".
[0053] The digital component provider 128 can provide one or more
keywords and digital component objects to each content group. The
keywords can include terms that are relevant to the product or
services of associated with or identified by the digital component
objects. A keyword can include one or more terms or phrases. For
example, the food and beverage company can include "soda," "cola,"
"soft drink," as keywords for a content group or content campaign
that can be descriptive of the goods or services the brand
provides. In some cases, negative keywords can be specified by the
content provider to avoid, prevent, block, or disable content
placement on certain terms or keywords. The content provider can
specify a type of matching, such as exact match, phrase match, or
broad match, used to select digital component objects.
[0054] The digital component provider 128 can provide the one or
more keywords to be used by the content selector component 126 to
select a digital component object provided by the digital component
provider 128. The digital component provider 128 can provide
additional content selection criteria to be used by the content
selector component 126 to select digital component objects. The
content selector component 126 can run a content selection process
involving multiple content providers 128 responsive to receiving an
indication of a keyword of an electronic message.
[0055] The digital component provider 128 can provide one or more
digital component objects for selection by the content selector
component 126. The digital component objects can be a digital
component or a collection of digital components. The content
selector component 126 can select the digital component objects
when a content placement opportunity becomes available that matches
the resource allocation, content schedule, maximum bids, keywords,
and other selection criteria specified for the content group.
Different types of digital component objects can be included in a
content group, such as a voice digital component, audio digital
component, a text digital component, an image digital component,
video digital component, multimedia digital component, or digital
component link. Upon selecting a digital component, the content
selector component 126 can transmit the digital component object
for presentation or rendering on a client device 102 or display
device of the client device 102. Presenting or rendering can
include displaying the digital component on a display device or
playing the digital component via a speaker of the client device
102. The content selector component 126 to present or render the
digital component object. The content selector component 126 can
instruct the client device 102 to generate audio signals, acoustic
waves, or visual output. For example, the automated assistant
client 108 can present the selected digital component via an audio
output.
[0056] The instance of an automated assistant client 108, by way of
its interactions with one or more cloud-based automated assistant
components 116, may form what appears to be, from the user's
perspective, a logical instance of an automated assistant 112 with
which the user may engage in a dialogue. One instance of such an
automated assistant 112 is depicted in FIG. 1 by a dashed line. It
thus should be understood that each user that engages with an
automated assistant client 108 executing on a client device 102
may, in effect, engage with his or her own logical instance of an
automated assistant 112. For the sake of brevity and simplicity,
the term "automated assistant" as used herein as "serving" a
particular user may often refer to the combination of an automated
assistant client 108 operated by the user and one or more
cloud-based automated assistant components 116 (which may be shared
amongst multiple automated assistant clients 108). It should also
be understood that in some implementations, automated assistant 112
may respond to a request from any user regardless of whether the
user is actually "served" by that particular instance of automated
assistant 112.
[0057] Client device 102 may include, for example, one or more of:
a desktop computing device, a laptop computing device, a tablet
computing device, a touch sensitive computing device (e.g., a
computing device which can receive input via touch from a user), a
mobile phone computing device, a computing device of a vehicle of
the user (e.g., an in-vehicle communications system, an in-vehicle
entertainment system, an in-vehicle navigation system), a
standalone interactive speaker, a smart appliance such as a smart
television, a projector, and/or a wearable apparatus of the user
that includes a computing device (e.g., a watch of the user having
a computing device, glasses of the user having a computing device,
a virtual or augmented reality computing device). Additional and/or
alternative client computing devices may be provided.
[0058] The client device 102 can interface with a projector 106 or
can include the projector 106. In some implementations, the
projector 106 can be a "smart" projector (e.g., the "smart"
projector can either simply display images it receives from client
device 102 and/or receive relevant data to generate image
transformations at the projector before projecting a transformed
image). Furthermore, the projector 106 may include, for example,
liquid crystal display (LCD) projectors, digital light processing
(DLP) projectors, light emitting diode (LED) projectors, hybrid LED
and laser diode projectors, and/or laser diode projectors. The
projector 106 can be a short throw or ultra-short throw projector.
A projected image can be touch sensitive and include a touch
interface which can similarly receive touch inputs and/or gestures
for allowing a user to control the automated assistant via the
touch interface of a projected image. Projectors displaying touch
sensitive images can include a variety of infrared sensors,
cameras, and/or other sensor(s) to detect a user's gestures and
taps to determine how a user is interacting with the projected
image.
[0059] The automated assistant client 108 can utilize either the
projector integrated within client device 102 or a stand-alone
projector 106. In many implementations, automated assistant client
108 can utilize both projectors, for example using a different
projector for a different situation. For example, automated
assistant client 108 can utilize the projector integrated within
client device 102 to project still images and stand-alone projector
106 to project a video sequence. The automated assistant client 108
can use different projectors in different lighting conditions
depending on the specifications of the specific projectors, for
example stand-alone projector 106 might project better in lower
lighting conditions.
[0060] The client device 102 may include one or more presence
sensors 104 that are configured to provide signals indicative of
detected presence, particularly human presence. Presence sensors
may come in various forms and can collect a variety of types of
input to the automated assistant 112 such as verbal, textual,
graphical, physical (e.g., a touch on a display device including a
touch sensitive projector and/or a touch sensitive screen of a
computing device), and/or visual (e.g., a gesture) based input.
Some client devices 102 may be equipped with one or more digital
cameras that are configured to capture and provide signal(s)
indicative of movement detected in the fields of view. The client
devices 102 may be equipped with presence sensors 104 that detect
acoustic (or pressure) waves, such as one or more microphones.
[0061] The presence sensors 104 may be configured to detect
indications associated with human presence. For example, in some
implementations, a client device 102 may be equipped with a
presence sensor 104 that detects various types of waves (e.g.,
radio, ultrasonic, electromagnetic, etc.) emitted by, for instance,
a mobile client device 102 carried/operated by a particular user.
For example, some client devices 102 may be configured to emit
waves that are imperceptible to humans, such as ultrasonic waves or
infrared waves, that may be detected by other client devices 102
(e.g., via ultrasonic/infrared receives such as ultrasonic-capable
microphones).
[0062] The various client devices 102 may emit other types of
human-imperceptible waves, such as radio waves (e.g., Wi-Fi,
Bluetooth, cellular, etc.) that may be detected by one or more
client devices 102 and used to determine an operating user's
particular position. In some implementations, Wi-Fi triangulation
may be used to detect a user's position, e.g., based on Wi-Fi
signals to/from a client device 102 for example, utilizing any of a
variety of Wi-Fi SLAM methods. In other implementations, other
wireless signal characteristics, signal strength, etc., may be used
by various client devices 102 alone or collectively, to determine a
particular person's pose based on signals emitted by a client
device 102 they carry. Time-of-flight cameras can be used
independently as presence sensors 104 to locate the pose of user(s)
in an environment.
[0063] The automated assistant 112 may engage in dialog sessions
with one or more users via user interface input and output devices
of one or more client devices 102. The dialog sessions can be
audio-based, image-based, or a combination of audio and images. In
response to the input dialog from the user, the one or more client
device 102 can present selected digital components, such as images,
videos, text, or audio to the user. In some implementations,
automated assistant 112 may engage in dialog sessions with a user
in response to user interface input provided by the user via one or
more user interface input devices of one of the client devices 102.
In some of those implementations, the user interface input is
explicitly directly to automated assistant 112. For example, a user
may speak a predetermined invocation phrase, such as "OK,
Assistant," or "Hey, Assistant," to cause automated assistant 112
to enter a state where the automated assistant 112 can receive
inputs, such as input audio signals, text-based inputs, or
touch-based inputs. The inputs can include content requests.
[0064] The automated assistant 112 may engage in a dialog session
in response to user interface input, even when that user interface
input is not explicitly directly to automated assistant 112. For
example, automated assistant 112 may examine the contents of user
interface input and engage in a dialog session in in response to
certain terms being present in the user interface input and/or
based on other cues. In many implementations, automated assistant
112 may utilize speech recognition to convert utterances from users
into text, and respond to the text accordingly, e.g., by providing
visual information in the form of a base image and/or a transformed
image, by providing search results, general information, and/or
taking one or more response actions (e.g., playing media, launching
a game, ordering food, etc.). In some implementations, the
automated assistant 112 can additionally or alternatively respond
to utterances without converting the utterances into text. For
example, the automated assistant 112 can convert voice input into
an embedding, into entity representation(s) (that indicate
entity/entities present in the voice input), and/or other
"non-textual" representations and operate on such non-textual
representations. Accordingly, implementations described herein as
operating based on text converted from voice input my additionally
and/or alternatively operate on the voice input directly and/or
other non-textual representations of the voice input.
[0065] Each of the client computing devices 102 and computing
device(s) operating cloud-based automated assistant components 116
may include one or more memories for storage of data and software
applications, one or more processors for accessing data and
executing applications, and other components that facilitate
communication over a network. The operations performed by one or
more computing device 102 and/or automated assistant 112 may be
distributed across multiple computer systems. Automated assistant
112 may be implemented as, for example, computer programs running
on one or more computers running in one or more locations that are
coupled to each other through a network.
[0066] The client computing device 102 may operate an automated
assistant client 108. In various implementations, each automated
assistant client 108 may include a corresponding speech
capture/text-to-speech("TTS")/speech-to-text("STT") module 110. In
other implementations, one or more aspects of speech
capture/TTS/STT module 110 may be implemented separately from the
automated assistant client 108.
[0067] Each speech capture/TTS/STT module 110 may be configured to
perform one or more functions: capture a user's speech, e.g., via a
microphone (which in some cases may include presence sensor 104);
convert that captured audio to text (and/or to other
representations or embeddings); and/or convert text to speech. For
example, in some implementations, because a client device 102 may
be relatively constrained in terms of computing resources (e.g.,
processor cycles, memory, battery, etc.), the speech
capture/TTS/STT module 110 that is local to each client device 102
may be configured to convert a finite number of different spoken
phrases--particularly phrases that invoke automated assistant
112--to text (or other forms, such as lower dimensionality
embeddings). Other speech input may be sent to cloud-based
automated assistant components 116, which may include cloud-based
TTS module 118 and/or cloud-based STT module 120.
[0068] Cloud-based STT module 120 may be configured to leverage the
resources of the cloud to convert audio data captured by speech
capture/TTS/STT module 110 into text (which may then be provided to
natural language processor 122). Cloud-based TTS module 118 may be
configured to leverage the virtually limitless resources of the
cloud to convert textual data (e.g., natural language responses
formulated by automated assistant 112) into computer-generated
speech output. The TTS module 118 may provide the
computer-generated speech output to client device 102 to be output
directly, e.g., using one or more speakers. In other
implementations, textual data (e.g., natural language responses)
generated by automated assistant 112 may be provided to speech
capture/TTS/STT module 110, which may then convert the textual data
into computer-generated speech that is output locally.
[0069] Automated assistant 112 (e.g., cloud-based assistant
components 116) may include a natural language processor 122, the
TTS module 118, the STT module 120, transformation parameters 124,
the digital component selector 126, and other components. In some
implementations, one or more of the engines and/or modules of
automated assistant 112 may be omitted, combined, and/or
implemented in a component that is separate from automated
assistant 112. In some implementations, to protect privacy, one or
more of the components of automate assistant 112, such as natural
language processor 122, speech capture/TTS/STT module 110, etc.,
may be implemented at least in part on client device 102 (e.g., to
the exclusion of the cloud).
[0070] The automated assistant 112 can generate or select
responsive content (e.g., digital components) in response to
various inputs generated by a user of client device 102 during a
human-to-computer dialog session with automated assistant 112.
Automated assistant 112 may provide the responsive content (e.g.,
over one or more networks 114 when separate from a client device of
a user) for presentation to the user as part of the dialog session.
For example, automated assistant 112 may generate responsive
content in response to free-form natural language input provided
via client device 102. As used herein, free-form input is input
that is formulated by the user that is not constrained to a group
of options presented for selection by the user.
[0071] Natural language processor 122 of automated assistant 112
processes natural language input generate by users via client
device 102 and may generate annotated output for use by one or more
components of automated assistant 112. For example, the natural
language processor 122 may process natural language free-form input
that is generated by a user via one or more user interface input
devices of client device 102. The generated annotated output
includes one or more annotations of the natural language input and
optionally one or more (e.g., all) of the terms of the natural
language input. Natural language processor 122 can parse the input
to identify the content request and one or more keywords in the
input.
[0072] The natural language processor 122 can identify and annotate
various types of grammatical information in natural language input.
For example, the natural language processor 122 may include a part
of speech tagger configured to annotate terms with their
grammatical roles. Also, for example, in some implementations the
natural language processor 122 may additionally and/or
alternatively include a dependency parser configured to determine
syntactic relationships between terms in natural language
input.
[0073] The natural language processor 122 can include an entity
tagger configured to annotate entity references in one or more
segments such as references to people (including, for instances,
literary characters, celebrities, public figures, etc.),
organizations, locations (real and imaginary), and so forth. The
entity tagger of the natural language processor 122 may annotate
references to an entity at a high level of granularity (e.g., to
enable identification of all references to an entity class such as
people) and/or a lower level of granularity (e.g., to enable
identification of all references to a particular entity such as a
particular person). The entity tagger may rely on content of the
natural language input to resolve a particular entity and/or may
optionally communicate with a knowledge graph or other entity
database to resolve a particular entity.
[0074] In some implementations, the natural language processor 122
may additionally and/or alternatively include a coreference
resolver configured to group, or "cluster", references to the same
entity based on one or more contextual cues. For example, the
coreference resolver may be utilized to resolve the term "there" to
"Hypothetical Cafe" in the natural language input "I liked
Hypothetical Cafe last time we ate there."
[0075] One or more components of the natural language processor 122
can use annotations from one or more other components of the
natural language processor 122. For example, in some
implementations, the named entity tagger may rely on annotations
from the coreference resolver and/or dependency parsers in
annotating all mentions to a particular entity. Also, for example,
in some implementations the coreference resolver may rely on
annotations from the dependency parser in clustering references to
the same entity. In many implementations, in processing a
particular natural language input, one or more components of the
natural language processor 122 may use related prior input and/or
other related data outside of the particular natural language input
to determine one or more annotations.
[0076] The natural language processor 122 can determine a request,
such as a content request, within an audio input request received
from the client device 102. The digital component selector 126 can
be a part of the cloud-based automated assistant component 116 or
separate from the cloud-based automated assistant component 116.
The digital component selector 126 can receive the content request
or an indication thereof. The content selector component 126 can
receive prior audio inputs (or packaged data object) for the
selection of a digital component based on the content request. The
content selector component 126 execute a real-time digital
component selection process to select the digital component. The
content selector component 126 can select addition or supplemental
digital components based on the input request.
[0077] The real-time digital component selection process can refer
to, or include, selecting digital component objects (which may
include sponsored digital component objects) provided by third
party content providers 128. The real-time content selection
process can include a service in which digital components provided
by multiple content providers are parsed, processed, weighted, or
matched based on the packaged data object in order to select one or
more digital components to provide to the client device 102. The
digital component selector 126 can perform the content selection
process in real-time. Performing the content selection process in
real-time can refer to performing the content selection process
responsive to the request for content received via the client
device 102. The real-time content selection process can be
performed (e.g., initiated or completed) within a time interval of
receiving the request (e.g., 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 20 seconds, 30
seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, or
20 minutes). The real-time content selection process can be
performed during a communication session with the client device
102, or within a time interval after the communication session is
terminated.
[0078] For example, the digital component selector 126 can be
designed, constructed, configured or operational to select digital
component objects based on the content request in the input audio
signal. The digital component selector 126 can identify, analyze,
or recognize voice, audio, terms, characters, text, symbols, or
images of the candidate digital components using an image
processing technique, character recognition technique, natural
language processing technique, or database lookup. The candidate
digital components can include metadata indicative of the subject
matter of the candidate digital components, in which case digital
component selector 126 can process the metadata to determine
whether the subject matter of the candidate digital component
corresponds to the content request.
[0079] Responsive to the request identified in the input audio (or
other) signal, the content selector component 126 can select a
digital component object from a database associated with the
digital component provider 128 and provide the digital component
for presentation via the client device 102. The digital component
object can be provided by a digital component provider 128. The
content selector component 126 can select multiple digital
components. The multiple digital components can be provided by
different digital component providers 128. For example, a first
digital component provider 128 can provide a primary digital
component responsive to the request and a second digital component
provider 128 can provide a supplemental digital component that is
associated with or relates to the primary digital component. The
client device 102 or a user thereof can interact with the digital
component object. The client device 102 can receive an audio,
touch, or other input response to the digital component. The client
device 102 can receive an indication to select a hyperlink or other
button associated with the digital component object that causes or
allows the client device 102 to identify digital component provider
128, request a service from the digital component provider 128,
instruct the digital component provider 128 to perform a service,
transmit information to the digital component provider 128, or
otherwise identify a good or service associated with digital
component provider 128.
[0080] The digital component selector 126 can select a digital
component that includes text, strings, or characters that can be
processed by a text to speech system or presentable via a display.
The digital component selector 126 can select a digital component
that is in a parameterized format configured for a parametrically
driven text to speech technique. The digital component selector 126
can select a digital component that is in a format configured for
display via client device 102 or the projector 106. The digital
component selector 126 can select a digital component that can be
re-formatted to match a native output format of the client device
102, application, or projector 106 to which the digital component
is transmitted. The digital component selector 126 can provide the
selected digital component to the client device 102 or automated
assistant client 108 or application executing on the client device
102 for presentation by the client device 102 or the projector
106.
[0081] The automated assistant 112 can generate dynamic image
transformations to display a base image and/or transformed version
of the base image, such as the digital components selected by the
content selector component 126. The automated assistant 112 can
identify one or more active users, generate image transformations
to display for active user(s), and/or generate a base image to
project based on the distance of a user from the projected
image.
[0082] The cloud-based annotated assistant components 116 may
generate transformation parameters 124. In other implementations,
transformation parameters 124 may be generated separately from
cloud-based automated assistant components 116, e.g., on client
device 102, by automated assistant client 108 and/or on another
computer system (e.g., in the so-called "cloud").
[0083] The transformation parameters 124 can be used by automated
assistant client 108 or cloud-based automated assistant components
116 to generate a transformed digital component from a base digital
component. For example, the transformation parameters can be used
to generate a transformed image from base image. For example,
transformation parameters 124 can include identification
information for a user's position within an environment. Warping
parameters, can be a specific type of transformation parameters
which can be used by automated assistant client 108 and/or
cloud-based automated assistant components 116 to warp a base image
into a transformed image. Warping parameters may include, for
example, one or more of: the pose of a user, the gaze of a user,
the facial identification of a user (with approval of the user),
the voice identification of a user (with approval of the user), the
distance from a projector to the surface an image is projected
onto, the shape of the surface the image is projected onto, or any
combination thereof. In some implementations, automated assistant
112 can perform image warping, a linear transformation similar to
image rectification (described in more detail below) on
transformation parameters 124 to generate a transformed image from
a base image and/or an additional base image.
[0084] A user's pose can be determined via presence sensors 104,
and the automated assistant 112 can use the distance from the user
(which can be generated from the user's pose) to the projection
surface (e.g., the location where the image is projected) to
identify a base image to use for that particular user. The
information contained in the base image can be dependent on the
distance from the user to the projection surface. For example, a
base image identified for a user located far from a surface can
contain limited information from the user's calendar such as only
the next item on the user's calendar. In contrast, a base image
identified for a user located near the projection surface can
contain more detailed information from the user's calendar such as
the user's schedule for the entire day. If the user is close enough
to the projection surface to touch the projection, in many
implementations, the base image can also contain touch sensitive
elements, for example, the ability for the user to scroll through
calendar events for the entire week.
[0085] Client device 102 and/or cloud-based automated assistant
components 116 can be in communication with one or more third party
agents hosted by remote device(s) (e.g., another cloud-based
component). For instance, a user voice command "order a large
pepperoni pizza from Agent X" can cause the automated assistant
client 108 (or cloud-based automated assistant component(s) 116) to
send an agent command to a third party agent "Agent X". The third
party agent can be a digital component provider 128. The agent
command can include, for example, a request that can include an
intent value that indicates an "ordering" intent determined from
the voice command, as well as optional slot values such as
"type=pizza", "toppings=pepperoni", and "size=large." In response,
the third party agent can provide, to the automated assistant 112,
responsive content that includes (or enables generation of) base
digital components relevant to the pizza order. For example, the
base digital component can be a base image that can include
graphical representations of the order being confirmed, as well as
of a status of the pizza order. The content selector component 126
can also select supplemental or additional digital components to
display in association with the base digital component. For
example, the content selector component 126 can select an
additional digital component that can include a video sequence of
real time tracking of the pizza delivery driver on a map as the
pizza is being delivered. Once these base image(s) are received
from the third party agent, the automated assistant client 108
and/or the cloud-based automated assistant components 116 can
generate a transformation of the base image(s) and a transformed
image can be projected onto the wall for the user.
[0086] FIGS. 2A and 2B illustrate an example of a user viewing an
image projected onto a wall with respect to different user
locations. Image 200 contains a scene of a room at a first time and
is illustrated in FIG. 2A. Image 200 contains user 202, projected
image 204, client device 206 (that includes an integrated projector
and/or is in communication with a locally accessible separate
projector), and table 208. It will be understood that that image
200 is merely illustrative and for example the client device and/or
projector can be separate devices, the client device and/or
projector can be on a surface other than a table such as a desk, a
dresser, and/or mounted onto surfaces such as a wall and/or
celling, more than one client device can be present within the
room, more than one projector can be within the room, and/or more
than one user can be in the room. Client device 206 can determine
the pose of user 202. If client device 206 determines the user 202
is an active user, the client device can project a variety of
images 204 for the user including a base image and/or a transformed
image that is a transformation of the base image.
[0087] The same room captured at a second time is illustrated in
FIG. 2B. Image 225 is a scene of the room captured at a second
time. Image 225 contains the same client device 206 (that includes
an integrated projector and/or is in communication with a locally
accessible separate projector) and table 208, but the pose of the
user has changed to a second pose 226. As an illustrative example,
the user has moved to the right, from previous pose 228, to the
second pose 226. Client device 206 can detect the user in the
second pose 226 and make a determination if the user is an active
user in the second pose. If the user is an active user in the
second pose, projected image 230 can be projected onto the wall for
the user in the second pose 226. Projected image 230 can be
projected onto the same position of the wall as projected image 204
despite any change of content within the images themselves through
image transformation processes. In a variety of implementations,
contents of projected image 230 can change as user moves to the
second pose 226. For example, projected image 204 can be a first
transformed image and projected image 230 can be a second
transformed image both of the same base image. In other words,
client device 206 can generate image transformations such that the
user in the first pose 202 and the user in the second pose 226 will
perceive the same projected image even though the perspective of
the user has changed relative to the position to the image on the
wall has changed. In many implementations, client device 206 can
use a base image and can perform image transformations to project
transformed images for both user poses such that projected image
204 for user pose 202 is a first transformed image and projected
image 230 for the user in the second pose 226 is a second
transformed image. In contrast, if user 202 has a viewpoint
perpendicular to (e.g., directly in front of) image 204, client
device 206 can project the untransformed base image as projected
image 204 (and similarly computing device 206 can project a
transformed image as projected image 230 for the user in the second
pose 226).
[0088] The client device 206 can project additional digital
components for viewing by the users near the client device 206. For
example, the client device 206 can project an additional image 232
onto the wall. The subject matter of the additional image 232 can
be related to subject matter of the projected image 230. For
example, the additional image 232 can provide additional
information regarding the content of the projected image 230. The
additional image 232 can be a duplicate of the projected image 230
that is projected onto a different location of the wall. For
example, the client device 206 can project the additional image 232
as a duplicate of the projected image 230 to the different location
to improve the ability of a second user to view the projected
content.
[0089] The client device 206 can generate the additional image 232
and project the additional image 232 to a location selected to be
viewed by a user pose other than the user pose 226 for which the
location of the projected image 230 is selected. The client device
206 can select the location of the additional image 232 such that
the additional image is displayed in a non-prominent location. For
example, and continuing the above pizza ordering example, the pizza
tracker information can be included in the additional image 232. In
this example, the pizza tracker information can be displayed on a
non-prominent location of the wall, such as, near a corner,
intersection with the floor, intersection with the wall, or near an
object positioned near the wall (such as near a lamp positioned in
front of the wall).
[0090] The content selector component 126 can select digital
components for the client device 206 to project onto the wall that
are not related to a request parsed from an input signal. The
content selector component 126 can select digital component to be
projected on the wall between times that the client device 206
receives input signals. For example, content selector component 126
can select supplemental digital components based on the location,
context, or action of the client device, or based on the
preferences a user associated with the client device 206. For
example, the client device can project supplemental digital
components onto the wall between the times that the client device
206 receives input signals, such as weather information, time
information, or other digital components selected or configured by
the user of the client device 206.
[0091] Example images further illustrating a base image and the
same base image without dynamic image transformation viewed by a
user from a non-perpendicular angle (e.g., from the side) are
illustrated in FIGS. 2C and 2D. A base image can be directly
projected onto a wall for a user who has a perspective of the image
directly perpendicular to the wall. Additionally, a base image can
be transformed using a variety of dynamic image transformations
such that a client device can project a transformed image that will
appear to look as substantially similar (if not identical) to the
base image as the user changes perspective from location of the
projected image within the room.
[0092] FIG. 2C contains image 250 which contains dashed line 252
and dashed line 254. Dashed line 252 and dashed line 254 are
parallel lines (i.e., likes that are equidistant and will never
meet). In many implementations, image 250 can be an example of a
base image used by a client device which can be processed using
image transformations such that dashed line 252 and dashed line 254
can appear parallel to a user when projected onto a wall regardless
of the pose of a user in the room. For example, when a user is
viewing the projected image from a non-perpendicular angle (e.g.,
the side) image transformations can make the lines in the
transformed base image still appear parallel. Additionally, when
image 250 is projected onto a surface by a client device and viewed
by a user from a direction perpendicular to (e.g., directly in
front of) a surface as a base image, dashed line 252 and dashed
line 254 appear parallel.
[0093] In contract, FIG. 2D contains image 275 made of dashed line
276 and dashed line 278. Dashed line 276 and dashed line 278 are
non-parallel and slant towards each other on the left hand side of
the image. In a variety of implementations, lines 276 and 278 are
an example of how a base image of parallel lines (for example if
the image 250 containing dashed parallel lines was utilized as a
base image) could be viewed by a user from a perspective in the
room other than perpendicular to the image if no image
transformation was used on the image projection. As an example, a
pair of lines closer on the right side and further apart on the
left side can indicate a user is standing to the right of a base
image of parallel lines without image transformation. This user
pose can be similar to the user in the second pose 226 after the
user has moved to the right side of the room in FIG. 2B.
[0094] Client device 206 can generate an image transformation on a
base image similar to the parallel lines of image 250 in FIG. 2C
such that a user in second pose 226 will see a transformed image
generated by client device 206 with parallel which looks like image
250 instead of the non-parallel lines in image 275 the user would
normally see from a non-parallel viewing position as illustrated in
FIG. 2D. Additionally, the user in the second pose 226 will see an
image projected that is the same (or substantially similar) size as
the base image and that is in the same (or substantially similar)
location as the base image.
[0095] A process for dynamic image transformation using image
warping in accordance with various implementations is illustrated
in FIG. 3. The process 300 can be performed by one or more client
devices, and or any other apparatus capable of interacting with an
automated assistant. The process includes identifying (302) a base
image. The base image can be used by an automated assistant (at the
client device and/or at remote device(s)) to generate a transformed
image in dependence on a pose of a user. For example, a base image
can include any of a variety of information that a client device
can cause a projector to project for presentation to user, such as
weather information for a particular day. In many implementations,
a user can request information that can be included in a base image
through interaction with the client device through verbal, textual,
graphical, and/or visual input to the client device. For example, a
user can ask the client device "OK Assistant.about.what is the
weather tomorrow" and a base image can be identified containing
weather information for the following day. Moreover, base images
can be provided to a client device by a third party agent
(optionally provided via the cloud-based automated assistant
component(s) 116). For example, if a user orders a delivery from a
restaurant, the third party agent associated with the restaurant
can send the automated assistant a base image which can include
status updates relating to the delivery. Yet further, in various
implementations the automated assistant can generate base images
and provide them for projection independent of explicit user input.
For example, an image that contains a weather forecast can be
projected in response to detecting presence of a user, but without
explicit input from the user.
[0096] A first pose of a user can be determined (304) within a
room. A variety of sensors in the client device, such as presence
sensors 104 in FIG. 1, can be used to determine the first pose of
the user such as a microphone, a camera, an infrared camera, a time
of flight camera, and/or a touch screen display on the client
device. For example, a client device can use a camera to detect a
user and generate the pose of the user within the room. In several
implementations, a client device with many sensors can determine
which sensors to use individually and/or in combination based on
previously known information regarding the pose of a user. For
example, when little information is known about a user's pose
location, a sensor which gathers information about the entire room
can be used such as a time of flight camera. Alternatively, if a
user is interacting the client device at the touch screen, it can
safely be assumed the user is close to the client device, and a
shorter range sensor could be used to determine the first pose of
the user. Additionally or alternatively, sensors integrated into
third party agents can be used to determine a pose of a user. It
will be understood that these examples are merely illustrative any
of a variety of ways to detect user pose in a room can be utilized
as appropriate in accordance with various implementations.
[0097] First image transformation parameters can be generated (306)
using the first pose of the user to warp the base image. Image
warping can include a linear transformation process which can use
image warping parameters such as a user's pose, position, gaze,
facial identification (with approval of the user), voice
identification (with approval of the user) and/or distance from the
projector to the surface the image is projected onto to generate
image transformation parameters. A process for determining a
transformation to warp an image in accordance with many
implementations will be discussed below in FIG. 4. In many
implementations, first image transformation parameters can include
for example (but are not limited to) base image data, precalculated
image transformation data for a base image, first user pose data,
and/or any other information relevant to generating a transformed
image. In several implementations, first image transformation
parameters can include image warping parameters.
[0098] A first transformed image can be generated (308) using the
first image transformation parameters where the first transformed
image is a transformation of the base image. In general, a
transformed image can differ from the base image in content, but is
generated in such a way that it appears to be substantially similar
in size and location to the base image when projected onto the
surface. In many implementations, an image transformation is not
necessary when the first pose of the user is viewing the image
perpendicular to (e.g., directly in front of) the surface the image
is projected onto. In this specific example, first image
transformation parameters can indicate to the client device that
the generation of a first transformed image is unnecessary and the
base image will take the place of the first transformed image.
Furthermore, the base image, being identical to itself, will take
up an identical size and position on the wall. In many
implementations, while a transformed image will differ from its
base image counterpart, it can be of the same size as the base
image and/or can, when projected, be projected in the same location
and as the same size as would the base image. For example, when a
base image and a transformed image are projected they can be of an
identical size on a projection surface and in identical locations
on the projection surface. In some implementations, the transformed
image is projected in a "substantially similar" position as the
base image. For example, the first transformed image and the base
image can be identical in size, but two images are not projected
onto exactly the same position of the wall and the transformed
image can take up 95% of the same position on the wall as the base
image. Alternatively, the transformed image can be slightly smaller
than the base image, and while the transformed image is taking up
the same position on the wall, because the transformed image is
slightly smaller it is only taking up 90% of the wall space of the
base image (but is not taking up any wall space outside of the area
of the original base image). Additionally, a transformed image can
be slightly larger than a base image and can take 105% of the wall
space of the base image and still take up a substantially similar
position on the wall.
[0099] The projector can be caused (310) by the client device to
project the first transformed image onto a surface. The projector
can be integrated within a client device similar to client device
102 and/or a separate projector similar to projector 106. The
surface can include various areas with in a room including a wall,
the ceiling, and/or the floor. For example, if the first pose of a
user is determined to be reclining on a couch, projecting
information on the ceiling (instead onto the wall) might be a more
useful location for the user to view the projected transformed
image.
[0100] A second pose of the user can be determined (312) after the
user has moved. User movement can be determined using many of the
same sensors used to detect the first pose of the user in step
(304) including a microphone, a camera, an infrared camera, a time
of flight camera, and/or a touch screen display on the client
device. For example, a microphone that detected a user speaking in
one pose in the room can detect when the user's voice is coming
from a different direction, and thus the user has moved within the
room. Once a client device has determined the user has moved, the
second pose of the user can be determined in a manner similar to
determining the first pose of the user in step (304) including
using a sensor and/or a combination of sensors.
[0101] Second image transformation parameters can be generated
(314) using the second pose of the user to warp the image. As
previously described, image warping can be a linear transformation
process which can utilize image warping parameters to generate
image transformation parameters. A process for determining a
transformation to warp an image in accordance with many
implementations will be discussed below in FIG. 4. In some
implementations, second image transformation parameters can include
for example (but are not limited to) base image data, precalculated
image transformation data for the base image, first user pose data,
second user pose data, and/or any other information relevant about
a user to generate a transformed image. In many implementations,
second image transformation parameters can include image warping
parameters.
[0102] A second transformed image can be generated (316) using the
second image transformation parameters where the second transformed
image is a transformation of the base image or an additional base
image. Generating a second transformed image can be performed in a
manner similar to step (308) described above. Additionally or
alternatively, an additional base image can be used in place of the
base image to generate the second transformed image when a base
image changes over time. For example, a base image of a projected
calendar event image can change once the event has ended and an
additional base image for the next calendar event image can be
projected. Additionally, individual frames of a video sequence can
make a corresponding sequence of base images. In this case the base
image can change to an additional base image independent of user
movement and additional image transformations can be calculated for
a first pose of the user for additional base images.
[0103] The projector can be caused (318) by the client device to
project the second transformed image onto the surface. The second
image can be projected in a manner similar to the projection of the
first transformed image in step (310) above. However, if the client
device detects the viewpoint of the user has substantially changed
and a different surface would be preferable, the client device can
instruct the projector to project the second transformed image onto
a different surface. For example, if the first pose of a user is
determined to be reclining on a couch and the first transformed
image is projected onto the ceiling, and the client device detects
the user gets up from the couch and has moved within the room as
the second pose, the second transformed image can be projected onto
a wall instead of the ceiling. Similarly, for example if a user if
facing north for the first pose, the first transformed image can be
projected onto the North wall. In some implementations, if the user
moves to face south for the second pose, the second transformed
image can be projected onto the south wall.
[0104] A process for determining a transformation to warp an image
in accordance with various implementations is illustrated in FIG.
4. The process 400 can be performed by one or more client devices,
and/or any other apparatus capable of interacting with an automated
assistant for generating image transformation parameters by image
warping. The process 400 can include identifying (402) image
warping parameters. Image warping parameters can include (but are
not limited to) the pose of a user, the gaze of a user, the facial
identification of a user (with approval of the user), the voice
identification of a user (with approval of the user), the distance
from a projector to the surface an image is projected onto, and/or
any other of a variety of user and/or hardware related parameters
which can be used as image warping parameter. In many
implementations, a client device can use a single image warping
parameter such as the gaze of the user, to determine a
transformation to warp an image. Alternatively, in several
implementations, a client device can use a combination of image
warping parameters.
[0105] Individual sensors available to a client device can impact
which warping parameters are available to the client device. For
example, if a client device has sensors which can determine the
gaze of a user, the client device can use gaze as an image warping
parameter. Additionally, in some implementations, a client device
can receive data to use as warping parameters from sensors in third
party agents such as a "smart" thermostat and/or other "smart"
devices located within the room.
[0106] Image warping parameters can be identified by a client
device individually and/or in combination. In various
implementations a combination of warping parameters can be
identified by particular sensors available to the client device,
the client device itself can determine the combination, and/or the
user can identify image warping parameters by predetermining which
combination of warping parameters the client device should use. For
example, a client device can use the gaze of a user as a warping
parameter. However, the client device can make the choice to not
the gaze of the user as a warping parameter at night when the
lights are off in the room and thus the client device can have a
harder time determining the gaze of a user, and instead the client
device can identify other warping parameters such as determining a
position of a user using voice identification (which is often less
sensitive to lighting conditions in the room).
[0107] Determining transformation parameters to warp a base image
can depend on (but are not limited to) which warping parameters and
the values of data contained in the warping parameters which are
used by the client device. In many implementations, different
adjustments and/or combinations of adjustments can be made using
image warping parameters to generate image transformation
parameters which can warp a base image as an image transformation.
For example, a base image with a particular set of image warping
parameters can require only one adjustment to determine
transformation parameters to such as only requiring a vertical
rotation of the base image. In contrast, in several
implementations, when a user is in a different position, a base
image can have a different set of image warping parameters and can
require a combination of adjustments such as a horizontal rotation
of the base image and a scaling of the base image. It will be
understood that these examples are merely illustrative any number
of combinations of image adjustment combinations can be made by a
client device as appropriate to determine transformation parameters
in accordance with various implementations.
[0108] A rotation of the base image can optionally be determined
(404) by the client device. Image rotations can spin an image on
the same plane as the wall the image is projected onto (i.e., on a
plane parallel with the projection surface). For example, a base
image can be a rectangle that when viewed by the user perpendicular
to (e.g. directly in front of) a square wall, the rectangular base
image has lines parallel with the ceiling, floor, and walls. Image
warping parameters can determine an appropriate rotation of the
base image to determine transformation parameters to generate a
transformed image that is also a rectangle with lines parallel to
the ceiling, floor, and walls when viewed from the pose of the user
from a non-perpendicular pose (e.g., to the side of) of the square
wall.
[0109] A scaling of the base image can optionally be determined
(406) by the client device. Image scaling adjusts the size of an
image. Additionally or alternatively, image warping parameters can
determine an appropriate scaling of a base image to generate image
warping parameters which can increase and/or increase the size of
the base image when image transformation parameters are utilized to
generate a transformed image such that the transformed image takes
up the same and/or substantially similar amount of space of the
wall when projected as the base image when viewed from the pose of
the user from a non-perpendicular pose.
[0110] A skew adjustment of the base image can optionally be
determined (408) by the client device. In general, a skew image is
an image at an oblique angle (i.e., at a slant). Image warping
parameters can determine how to skew an image to generate image
warping parameters to use in generating a transformed image which
can change the angles within the base image (i.e., slant portions
of the image) such the determined transformation parameters can
generate a transformed image that appears non-skewed when viewed
from the pose of the user from a non-perpendicular pose.
[0111] Transformation parameters to warp the base image as an image
transformation can be determined (410) by the client device. As
previously described, the number of image adjustments necessary to
determine transformation parameters to warp a particular base image
as an image transformation with a particular set of image warping
parameters can vary based on a number of factors including the base
image and/or one or more of the warping parameters.
[0112] In many implementations, image warping can be viewed in some
ways as similar to image rectification with various differences.
Image rectification generally projects two images, each image
having a different optical viewpoint, onto a common image plane. A
matching pair of transformations, H and H' can be used to rectify
the pair of images. In contrast, while image warping shares two
images (a base image and a transformed image), only one image in
the pair (the transformed image) is being transformed. The base
image never changes and a single base image can be associated with
many image transformations (and thus many transformed images) as
the "optical viewpoint" of the user such as when the pose of the
user within the room changes. Image warping generates a single
image transformation using a known "optical viewpoint" (which in
this context can be viewed as determined image warping parameters)
of a user to match a transformed image to a known base image. In
many implementations, similar mathematical techniques used in image
rectification (sometimes with slight modifications) can be utilized
in image warping including planar rectification, cylindrical
rectification, and/or polar rectification. For example, a base
image can contain a calendar event for a user. Image warping can
generate a single image transformation (in contrast to the matching
pair of image transformations generated with image rectification)
using a transformation parameter such as the pose of the user
within a room in place of the "optical viewpoint" to generate a
transformed image to correspond with the known base image for the
user. Additionally or alternatively, other transformation
parameters can be utilized individually and/or in combination for
example, the pose and the gaze of a user can be utilized as the
"optical viewpoint" of the user when generating the single image
transformation to generate a transformed image to correspond with
the known base image.
[0113] To further illustrate image adjustments that can be utilized
in determining transformation parameters to warp a base image,
examples of a variety of image adjustments are illustrated in FIGS.
5A-5D. Image 500 contains an example of image rotation as
illustrated in FIG. 5A. Image 500 contains a square 502. A rotation
to the left of square 502 is illustrated as rotated square 504. It
will be understood that this is merely an illustrative example, and
rotated square 504 could be located in any of a variety of
positions where rotated square 504 turns around an axis within
image 500.
[0114] Image 525 contains an example of image scaling as
illustrated in FIG. 5B. Image 525 similarly contains square 502.
However, square 502 is scaled to be larger and is illustrated as
scaled square 526. Scaled square 526 is merely an illustrative
example, as scaling can increase or decrease the size of an
object.
[0115] Image 550 contains an example of image skewing as
illustrated in FIG. 5C. Square 502 is similarly contained in image
550. A skew transformation is performed on square 502 where square
502 is skewed to the right as skewed square 552. This example of
image skewing is merely illustrative and skewing can occur in any
direction including to the right, to the left, up, and/or down.
[0116] Image 575 contains an example of image translation as
illustrated in FIG. 5D. Square 502 as illustrated in image 575 is
translated up and to the right to generate translated square 576.
This example is merely illustrative and image translations can
occur in any direction. Additionally, image transformations
discussed in FIGS. 5A-5D can be performed on an image individually
and/or in any of a variety of combinations.
[0117] A process for dynamic image transformation including
detecting an active user in accordance with various implementations
is illustrated in FIG. 6. The process 600 can be performed by one
or more client devices, and/or any other apparatus capable of
interacting with an automated assistant. The process includes
identifying (602) a base image. As described above, a base image
can be transformed in dependence on a pose of a user to generate a
transformed image. In several implementations, identification of a
base image can be performed in a manner similar to step (302) in
FIG. 3.
[0118] An active user can be detected (604) by the client device.
In some implementations, an active user is a user who is actively
engaged with the automated assistant, and can be detected in a
number of ways including by movement, location, pose, facial
identification (with approval of the user), voice identification
(with approval of the user), and/or gaze. Active engagement can
include viewing a projecting image, listening to rendered audible
content provided by the automated assistant, and/or providing input
to the automated assistant (e.g., voice input, touch input,
gestures, etc.). Sensors such as any of a variety of sensors
included in presence sensors 104 and/or sensors included in third
party agents such as "smart" devices can collect sensor data to
detect an active user. For example, a microphone detecting a user
giving the client device a command "OK Assistant--show me my
calendar for tomorrow" could be identified as an active user.
Additionally, a camera detecting a user looking at an image
projected onto a surface by the client device based on the user's
gaze can be identified as an active user. In many implementations,
a combination of techniques can be combined to detect an active
user such as identifying pose and facial identification (with
approval of the user) of someone in a room to detect the person is
an active user. Additionally, multiple active users can be detected
by a client device in the same room. Detecting an active user can
map the detected active user to a user profile or some other sort
of identification of the user. Additionally or alternatively,
detecting an active user can indicate only that an active user is
engaged with the automated assistant.
[0119] A first transformed image can be generated (606) for the
active user by the client device. Any of a variety of dynamic image
transformations can be used to generate the first transformed image
including image warping. In many implementations, generating a
first transformed image can performed in a manner similar to steps
(304)-(308) of FIG. 3.
[0120] The client device can cause (608) the projector to project
the first transformed image onto a surface. In a variety of
implementations, the first transformed image is a transformation of
the base image. Projecting the first transformed image can be
performed in a manner similar to step (310) of FIG. 3 including
using a projector integrated with the client device and/or using a
separate projector.
[0121] User movement can be detected (610) by the client device. In
some implementations, the detection of movement can be performed in
a manner similar to determining user movement in step (312) of FIG.
3. Additionally, in a variety of implementations, threshold of
movement can be met before a client device determines the second
pose of the user. For example, if a user moves less than a
millimeter, it is unlikely this small amount of movement will
generate a new transformed image that is different enough than the
first transformed image to be worth generating, and it can save
system resources to wait until a user moves a greater distance
before making a determination of the second pose of the user. On
the other hand, if a user moves 3 meters to the right similar to
how the user moved to second pose 226 to the left in FIG. 2B, a
second transformed image can be substantially different than the
first transformed image (depending on the content of the image).
This can be especially true in implementations where gaze is being
utilized to determine and/or as part of determining user pose, as
user's eyes frequently make very small shifts. Computational
resources could be saved if a threshold requiring a larger shift in
gaze is required before a second transformed image for the active
user is generated. Alternatively, in many implementations when user
gaze is being utilized, any projected images can be stabilized
using a variety of image processing techniques as a way to
compensate for these small shifts a user's eyes are making.
[0122] A second transformed image can be generated (612) for the
moved active user by the client device. Any of a variety of dynamic
image transformations can be used to generate the second
transformed image including image warping. In some implementations,
generating a second transformed image can be performed in a manner
similar to steps (312)-(316) of FIG. 3.
[0123] The client device can cause (614) the projector to project
the second transformed image onto the surface. In many
implementations, the second transformed image is a transformation
of the base image or is a transformation of an additional image.
Projecting the second transformed image can be performed in a
manner similar to step (608) and/or step (318) of FIG. 3.
[0124] A process for dynamic image transformation for multiple
active users in accordance with various implementations is
illustrated in FIG. 7. The process 700 can be performed by one or
more client devices, and/or any other apparatus capable of
interacting with an automated assistant. The process includes
identifying (702) a base image. As described above, a base image
can be transformed in dependence on a pose of a user to generate a
transformed image. In several implementations, identification of a
base image can be performed in a manner similar to step (302) in
FIG. 3.
[0125] Multiple active users in a group of users can be detected
(704) by a client device. In various implementations, many people
can be in a room, but not all of them can be actively engaged with
the client device. For example, a room can have two users and
neither user is engaged with the client device (and thus the room
has no active users), one of the two users can interacting with the
client device and be an active user, and/or both of the two users
can be engaged with the client device active users. In several
implementations, multiple active users can be detected in a manner
similar to how individual active users can be detected in step
(604) of FIG. 6. Alternatively, multiple active users can be
detected by sensors in groups, and or all active users can be
detected in a room simultaneously. For example, sensors integrated
into a client device could detect a cluster of active users in the
same portion of the room at the same time. Moreover, some types of
sensors could process an entire room at the same time and could
detect all active users in a room simultaneously. For example, a
camera with a 360 degree view can detect which users are looking at
a projected image in an entire room and thus detect active users
simultaneously. Additionally, a combination of sensors can be used
to detect a group of active users. For example, furniture in a room
can block a camera from detecting one particular active user, but a
microphone could be used to detect voice commands to the automated
assistant from the user behind the furniture to determine that user
is in the group of active users. It should be readily appreciated
that these examples are merely illustrative and any of a number of
ways to detect active users can be utilized in accordance with
various implementations.
[0126] A first transformed image can be generated (706) for the
multiple active users by the client device. Any of a variety of
dynamic image transformations can be used to generate the first
transformed image including image warping. In some implementations,
generating a first transformed image can be performed in a manner
similar to generating an image for a single active user such as
steps (304)-(308) of FIG. 3. Additionally, image warping parameters
can take multiple user poses into account when generating image
warping to generate a first transformed image. For example, if all
the active users are clustered in a single area of a room, a client
device can decide to treat the multiple active users in a way
similar to a single active user when generating a transformed
image. Alternatively, if most active users are clustered in a
single area of a room, and a single active user is in a second area
of the room, the client device might largely ignore the active
users in the second area of the room and still generate a
transformed image in a way similar to a single active users. In
some implementations, if active users are more equally spread out
throughout the room, the client device can make decisions during
the image warping process to generate the first transformed image.
For example, the client device could combine the poses of multiple
active users in a meaningful way to generate a pose which can take
the place of a single active user pose for use in generating a
first transformed image. For example the poses of multiple active
users in a room can be averaged into a single pose. While this
might not generate the best first image transformation for any
individual active user, it can generate the best first image
transformation for the group of users as a whole. Additionally, in
some implementations, a client device can perform a weighted
averaging of multiple active users, giving more weight to the pose
of predetermined users who can be identified using facial
identification (with approval of the user) and/or voice
identification (with approval of the user). For example, if the
first transformed image is an event from a group calendar, the
client device can determine which active users have access to that
group calendar, and give greater weight to their pose when
generating a weighted averaging of multiple active users. In many
implementations, there can be no "best" first transformed image to
display for the entire group of active users and a client device
can simply display the base image in place of a transformed
image.
[0127] The client device can cause (708) the projector to project
the first transformed image onto a surface. In some
implementations, the first transformed image is a transformation of
the base image. Projecting the first transformed image can be
performed in a manner similar to step (310) of FIG. 3 including
using a projector integrated with the client device and/or using a
separate projector.
[0128] Movement can be detected (710) in the group of users by the
client device. In some implementations, the detection of movement
in a group of users can be performed in a manner similar to
determining user movement in step (312) of FIG. 3. Additionally, in
many implementations, a threshold of movement can be met movement
is detected in the group of users in a manner similar determining a
threshold of movement in a user in step (610) of FIG. 6.
[0129] A second group of multiple active users can be detected
(712) by the client device. In many implementations, detecting a
second group of multiple active users can be performed in a manner
similar to detecting multiple active users in step (704). Active
users in the second group of active users can be different than the
active users in the first group. However, there can be overlap
between active users in the two groups of active users (but it
should be noted it is not a requirement to have any overlap between
active users in the first group and active users in the second
group).
[0130] A second transformed image for the second group of multiple
active users can be generated (714) using the client device. In
various implementations, generating the second transformed image
can be performed in a manner similar to generating the first
transformed image for the multiple active users described in step
(706).
[0131] The client device can cause (716) the projector to project
the second transformed image onto the surface. In many
implementations, the second transformed image is a transformation
of the base image or is a transformation of an additional image.
Projecting the second transformed image can be performed in a
manner similar to step (614) and/or step (318) of FIG. 3.
[0132] Generating the base image can be based on the distance of
the user from the projected image (i.e., the distance from the user
to the surface the image is projected on). An example of a user
viewing different base images projected onto a wall, where the
projected base image is determined based on the user's distance
from the projected image is illustrated in FIGS. 8A and 8B. Image
800 contains a first scene of a room at a first time and is
illustrated in FIG. 8A. Image 800 contains user 802, projected
image 804, client device 806 (that includes and integrated
projector and/or is in communication with a locally accessible
separate projector), and table 808. The contents of the room in
image 800 are merely illustrative and, for example, the client
device and/or projector can be separate devices, the client device
and/or projector can be on a surface other than a table such as a
desk, a dresser, and/or mounted onto surfaces such as a wall and/or
celling, more than one client device can be present within the
room, more than one projector can be within the room, and/or more
than one user can be in the room. Client device 806 can determine
the pose of user 802, and can determine a distance from user 802 to
projected image 804. The client device identifies a base image
depending on the distance from user 802 to projected image 804.
Projected image 804 can be projected as the identified base image
and/or as a transformed image.
[0133] The same room is illustrated in FIG. 8B. Image 850 is a
second of the scene of the room captured at a second time which
contains the same client device 806 (that includes and integrated
projector and/or is in communication with a locally accessible
separate projector), and table 808. As an illustrative example, the
user has moved to a second pose 852 much closer to projected image
854. Similarly to FIG. 8A, the client device can determine the
second pose of the user 852 before determining the distance from
the second pose user 852 to projected image 854. The client device
can then identify a second base image corresponding to the distance
from second pose of the user 852 to projected image 854. Projected
image 854 can be projected as the second identified base image
and/or as a second transformed image. Generally, the closer a user
is to a projected image, the more detailed UI elements the
identified base image will contain. For example, the first pose of
user 802 is further away from the projected image compared to the
second pose user 852. As such, projected image 804 contains less
detailed weather information which includes weather information for
today (for example, a graphical image of the sun and 72 degrees).
In contrast, the second pose of user 852 is much closer to the
projected image so projected image 854 contains more detailed
information which includes weather information for both today and
tomorrow (for example a graphical image of the sun a temperature of
72 degrees indicated as today's weather and a graphical image of a
cloud with rain and a temperature of 54 degrees indicated as
tomorrow's weather).
[0134] A process for generating a base image based on the distance
of a user from a projected image in accordance with various
implementations is illustrated in FIG. 9. The process 900 can be
performed by one or more client devices, and or/any other apparatus
capable of interacting with an automated assistant. The process
includes determining (902) the pose of a user by the client device.
Determining the poser of a user (including user location) can be
determined in a manner similar to determining a pose of a first
user as described in step (304) of FIG. 3.
[0135] A distance from the user to a projection surface can be
determined (904) by the client device. The projection surface is
the location where a projected image is displayed. In several
implementations, a client device can determine the distance from
the user to the projection surface only using user pose. In many
implementations, additional information such as the distance from
the client device to the projection surface may be necessary to
determine the distance from the user to the projection surface.
[0136] A base image can be identified (906) using the distance from
the user to the projection surface. Base images with more detailed
UI elements are generally selected for users closer to the
projection surface while base images with less detailed UI elements
are generally selected for users further away from the projection
surface. In several implementations, a base image with touch
sensitive UI elements can be identified for a user close enough to
make physical contact with the projection surface. For example, a
client device can select a base image with a full day of calendar
information for a user who can touch the projection surface, and
additionally in many implementations the user can touch the
projected image to scroll through the projected calendar image.
[0137] A transformed image can be generated (908) from the base
image using the pose of the user by the client device. In many
implementations, generating a transformed image can be performed in
a manner similar to steps (304)-(308) of FIG. 3. In some
implementations, process 900 can omit generation of a transformed
image and the generated base image can instead be projected.
[0138] The client device can cause (910) the projector to project
the transformed image onto the surface. Projecting the transformed
image can be performed in a manner similar to step (310) of FIG.
3.
[0139] FIG. 10 illustrates a block diagram of an example method to
generate interfaces in an audio-based, networked system. The method
1100 can include receiving an input audio signal (1102). The method
1100 can include parsing the input audio signal (1104). The method
1100 can include selecting a first digital component and a second
digital component (1106). The method 1100 can include determining a
distance (1108). The method 1100 can determine transformation
parameters (1110). The method 1100 can include generating a first
transformed digital component and a second transformed digital
component (1112). The method 1100 can include transmitting the
first transformed image and the second transformed image
(1114).
[0140] The method 1100 can include receiving an input audio signal
(1102). The method 1100 can include receiving, by the natural
language processor, the input audio signal. The input audio signal
can be an input audio signal that is detected by a microphone or
other sensor located at a client device. The data processing system
can receive the audio input in one or more portions or as a bulk or
batch upload (e.g., multiple portions of the conversations uploaded
in a single transmission to reduce the number of
transmissions).
[0141] The method 1100 can include parsing the input signal (204).
The natural language processor can parse the input signal to
identify a request and one or more keywords in the input audio
signal. The request can be a request for a digital component. For
example, the request can be for a digital component that includes
images, video, text, audio files, or any combination thereof. The
keywords can include terms that are relevant, identified by, or
associated with the requested digital component. A keyword can
include one or more terms or phrases. For example, for a request
that a digital component including the current weather in San
Francisco be displayed on a wall or other projection surface by the
client device, the keyword can be "weather" or "San Francisco."
[0142] The method 1100 can include selecting a first digital
component and a second digital component (1106). The first and
second digital component can be base digital components, such as
base images. The base digital components can include one or more
image or video files. The content selector component can select the
first base digital component based on the request parsed from the
input audio signal. The content selector component can select the
second base digital component based on the keyword identified based
on the input audio signal. For example, for the input audio signal
"what is the weather in San Francisco," the automated assistant can
determine the request is for the current weather of San Francisco
to be presented. The first base digital component can be an image
that includes graphics illustrating the current weather conditions
and temperature in San Francisco. The automated assistant can
select the second base digital component based on a keyword
associated with the request, such as "San Francisco." For example,
the second base digital component can be an image that includes
information about a popular restaurant located in San
Francisco.
[0143] The method 1100 can include determining a distance (1108).
The automated assistant can determine the distance between the
automated assistant (or the projector associated with the automated
assistant) and the projection surface (e.g., a wall) onto which the
digital components are going to be projected. The automated
assistant can determine the distance using built in range finding
sensors, such as ultrasonic or infrared sensors. The end user, when
configuring the automated assistant, can input the distance to the
automated assistant. The distance can be determined each time an
input audio signal is transmitted to the automated assistant, at
predetermined intervals (e.g., daily or weekly), or during a
configuration phase of the automated assistant.
[0144] The method 1100 can determining transformation parameters
(1110). The automated assistant can determine the transformation
parameters based at least on the distance between the client device
(or associated projector) and the projection surface. The
transformation parameters can be based on a pose or distance
between the end user and the projection surface. The transformation
parameters can correct for a skew in the projection of digital
components onto the projection surface based on the placement of
the projector or the position of the user. For example, application
of the transformation parameters can enable the automated assistant
to perform a keystone correction on the digital component. Without
the application of the transformation parameters, one or more of
the edges of the digital component may be non-parallel to one
another when projected onto the projection surface. The
transformation parameters can correct for the skew such that the
edges of the digital component are parallel with one another when
projected onto the projection surface. The transformation
parameters can include linear transformations. The transformation
parameters can be stored locally at the client device or projector.
For example, the digital components can be transmitted to the
client device, which can apply the transformation parameters to
generate the transformed digital component.
[0145] The method 1100 can include generating a first transformed
digital component and a second transformed digital component
(1112). The first and second transformed digital components can be
transformed images. The transformed version of the digital
component can include the same content as the original digital
component. The images of the transformed digital components can be
adjusted or scaled such that the edges of the transformed images
appear parallel to one another when projected onto the projection
surface.
[0146] The method 1100 can include transmitting the first
transformed digital component and the second transformed digital
component (1114). The first and second transformed digital
components can be transmitted to the client device to be projected
onto the projection surface. In some cases, the transformation
parameters and the base digital components can be transmitted to
the client device. The client device can apply the transformation
parameters to the base digital components prior to projecting the
base digital components onto the projection surface.
[0147] FIG. 11 is a block diagram of an example computing device
1010 that may optionally be utilized to perform one or more aspects
of techniques described herein. In some implementations, one or
more of a client computing device, user-controlled resources
module, and/or other component(s) may comprise one or more
components of the example computing device 1010.
[0148] Computing device 1010 typically includes at least one
processor 1014 which communicates with a number of peripheral
devices via bus subsystem 1012. These peripheral devices may
include a storage subsystem 1024, including, for example, a memory
subsystem 1025 and a file storage subsystem 1026, user interface
output devices 1020, user interface input devices 1022, and a
network interface subsystem 1016. The input and output devices
allow user interaction with computing device 1010. Network
interface subsystem 1016 provides an interface to outside networks
and is coupled to corresponding interface devices in other
computing devices.
[0149] User interface input devices 1022 may include a keyboard,
pointing devices such as a mouse, trackball, touchpad, or graphics
tablet, a scanner, a touchscreen incorporated into the display,
audio input devices such as voice recognition systems, microphones,
and/or other types of input devices. In general, use of the term
"input device" is intended to include all possible types of devices
and ways to input information into computing device 1010 or onto a
communication network.
[0150] User interface output devices 1020 may include a display
subsystem, a printer, a fax machine, or non-visual displays such as
audio output devices. The display subsystem may include a cathode
ray tube (CRT), a flat-panel device such as a liquid crystal
display (LCD), a projection device, or some other mechanism for
creating a visible image. The display subsystem may also provide
non-visual display such as via audio output devices. In general,
use of the term "output device" is intended to include all possible
types of devices and ways to output information from computing
device 1010 to the user or to another machine or computing
device.
[0151] Storage subsystem 1024 stores programming and data
constructs that provide the functionality of some or all of the
modules described herein. For example, the storage subsystem 1024
may include the logic to perform selected aspects of the process of
FIG. 3, as well as to implement various components depicted in
FIGS. 1 and 2.
[0152] These software modules are generally executed by processor
1014 alone or in combination with other processors. Memory 1025
used in the storage subsystem 1024 can include a number of memories
including a main random access memory (RAM) 1030 for storage of
instructions and data during program execution and a read only
memory (ROM) 1032 in which fixed instructions are stored. A file
storage subsystem 1026 can provide persistent storage for program
and data files, and may include a hard disk drive, a floppy disk
drive along with associated removable media, a CD-ROM drive, an
optical drive, or removable media cartridges. The modules
implementing the functionality of certain implementations may be
stored by file storage subsystem 1026 in the storage subsystem
1024, or in other machines accessible by the processor(s) 1014.
[0153] Bus subsystem 1012 provides a mechanism for letting the
various components and subsystems of computing device 1010
communicate with each other as intended. Although bus subsystem
1012 is shown schematically as a single bus, alternative
implementations of the bus subsystem may use multiple busses.
[0154] Computing device 1010 can be of varying types including a
workstation, server, computing cluster, blade server, server farm,
or any other data processing system or computing device. Due to the
ever-changing nature of computers and networks, the description of
computing device 1010 depicted in FIG. 11 is intended only as a
specific example for purposes of illustrating some implementations.
Many other configurations of computing device 1010 are possible
having more or fewer components than the computing device depicted
in FIG. 11.
[0155] In situations in which the systems described herein collect
or otherwise monitor personal information about users, or may make
use of personal and/or monitored information), the users may be
provided with an opportunity to control whether programs or
features collect user information (e.g., information about a user's
social network, social actions or activities, profession, a user's
preferences, or a user's current geographic location), or to
control whether and/or how to receive content from the content
server that may be more relevant to the user. Also, certain data
may be treated in one or more ways before it is stored or used, so
that personal identifiable information is removed. For example, a
user's identity may be treated so that no personal identifiable
information can be determined for the user, or a user's geographic
location may be generalized where geographic location information
is obtained (such as to a city, ZIP code, or state level), so that
a particular geographic location of a user cannot be determined.
Thus, the user may have control over how information is collected
about the user and/or used. For example, in some implementations,
users may opt out of having automated assistant 112 attempt to
estimate their age range and/or vocabulary level.
[0156] While several implementations have been described and
illustrated herein, a variety of other means and/or structures for
performing the function and/or obtaining the results and/or one or
more of the advantages described herein may be utilized, and each
of such variations and/or modifications is deemed to be within the
scope of the implementations described herein. More generally, all
parameters, dimensions, materials, and configurations described
herein are meant to be exemplary and that the actual parameters,
dimensions, materials, and/or configurations will depend upon the
specific application or applications for which the teachings is/are
used. Those skilled in the art will recognize, or be able to
ascertain using no more than routine experimentation, many
equivalents to the specific implementations described herein. It
is, therefore, to be understood that the foregoing implementations
are presented by way of example only and that, within the scope of
the appended claims and equivalents thereto, implementations may be
practiced otherwise than as specifically described and claimed.
Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to each
individual feature, system, article, material, kit, and/or method
described herein. In addition, any combination of two or more such
features, systems, articles, materials, kits, and/or methods, if
such features, systems, articles, materials, kits, and/or methods
are not mutually inconsistent, is included within the scope of the
present disclosure.
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